Q: Is 8,125,248 a Composite Number?

Why is 8,125,248 a composite number?

A composite number is a number that can be divided evenly by more numbers than 1 and itself. It is the opposite of a prime number.

The number 8,125,248 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 8 12 16 24 32 48 64 96 101 192 202 303 404 419 606 808 838 1,212 1,257 1,616 1,676 2,424 2,514 3,232 3,352 4,848 5,028 6,464 6,704 9,696 10,056 13,408 19,392 20,112 26,816 40,224 42,319 80,448 84,638 126,957 169,276 253,914 338,552 507,828 677,104 1,015,656 1,354,208 2,031,312 2,708,416 4,062,624 and 8,125,248, with no remainder.

Since 8,125,248 cannot be divided by just 1 and 8,125,248, it is a composite number.

More Examples

• All positive natural numbers are either a prime number or a composite number (except the number 1, which is neither).